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cannot stress enough how much Belphegor hates having his picture taken or his visage recorded outside of Sloth, especially without his permission.

when visiting other rings, unless it's for an event, the goat's elusiveness to public media has thankfully paid off in that, when he IS recognized, it's always with the ram's skull equipped. to get an idea for how he's feeling, your best bet is to watch the tail, as it is the primary signifier, with his eyes being the second-most emotive part of his person.

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whenever going out in disguise, Belph will never pick something with a thin frame ; they're too used to having a fuller figure, and they don't feel complete without a little meat on their bones

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belphegor ships where the size diff is so drastic it looks like this

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which symbolic fruit are you ?

⚜ Cherry.

In popular culture, cherries have come to represent sensuality, sex, and seduction. In the cult classic, Twin Peaks, Audrey Horne expresses her sexual expertise by tying a cherry stem with her tongue. " Cherry " is also used to refer to the concept of virginity : why? I don't know to be honest, but here we are. Much like the cherry, you're a sensual person who enjoys all the creature comforts the world offers. You enjoy delicious food, dynamic relationships, passionate lovemaking, and stimulating conversation ; however, you may also come across a touch vapid or shallow, due to your quickly fading attention when something has served its usefulness to you. To quote some man on tinder : " you're here for a good time, not a long time ".

You can come across, at times, slightly tart, carrying a bit of a bite to you that not everyone can handle. That’s okay : you’re an acquired taste!

[slothprince]

after their fall, Belphegor gained a harsh cockney accent that they kept until a few hundred years ago.

for a long while, way back when the Sin was a hardcore partier that freely dispersed their drugs and didn't care about who was affected by her chemical aura, she begun to witness the early stages of deterioration of the Greed ring and the barely-contained chaos of the Gluttony ring. and so, he had slowly begun to " go clean " , progressively going to less parties and halting his own events.

eventually, this separation from his past behavior also lead to Belphegor training himself to " tone down " their accent both to be taken more seriously AND to add to the persona of the Brilliant but Lazy Prince that is often seen in eastern media, leading to him having a smoother, if slightly haunting accent ; they are Sin of Sloth after all, but don't let his title fool you into thinking he isn't aware of the internal dramas and politicking, though.. he's much more observant than many these days would like to initially believe.

that being said, the only times that their accent shows itself is either when she's : in comfortable company, drunk off her ass, getting smashed in bed, or when she's absolutely PISSED in the uncommon instances where she does lose her temper.

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did i ever repost that old art of Belph and Lilith disguised as succubi? no?? i think i should fix that

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i'm gonna go ahead and make this [ blog ] canon that my Belph's ring used to be the " freak show " portion of the rings -- back when Viv had the Sins be the " ringleaders " of their particular acts -- during the time when he was far less responsible with his role as a Prince and cared even less about the state of his ring and the well-being of his denizens.

as evidenced by a few of the background characters, most notably Muffy [ s2e4 ] and Barbie's former nurse [ s2e5 ], some of these character designs are pushed to look from slightly out of place to " what the hell were your parents " ; that being said, i like the idea of Belphegor silently advertising his ring as being incredibly inclusive when it comes to employment -- possibly similarly to Mammon, but with a more tender and subtle approach in comparison.

a place where outcasts with physical, mental, and psychological differences can find shelter, stable employment, and a feeling of belonging similar to how hellhounds and imps feel in the Gluttony ring, but with far less discarded baggies and solo cups.

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things i will never regret adding to my interp of belphegor :

♦ making them 18ft. tall because i said so--

♦ having Tilda Swinton as their primary voice actor... they are so Gender™, Belph is just like them fr fr. the right balance of etherealness mixed with a vague, guardian-like tone to it, the perfect foil to Mam's abrasively eccentric approach towards people who are " useful " to them.

♦ giving her a cloud-like " mane " that has cartoon physics-levels of style choices ; taking the phrase head in the clouds a little too literally, and it's also the biggest giveaway to her current mood. it's also great for covering her face outside the Sloth ring or in general public, where only the eyes emote and horns emerge, and it may or may not smell like pineapples.

♦ was an angel of Virtue [ Diligence ] who liked to keep in their own lane and got punished for not taking sides during Lucifer's rebellion ; they then became an amalgamation of the primary species of each ring -- possessors, sharks, imps, hellhounds, candleheads, and succubi -- not only giving belph an early identity crisis quickly followed by a self-destructive meltdown, but also in giving them their most notable scars.

♦ speaking of SCARS, the scarring of belph's body is primarily in the front in a Y-shaped autopsy cut, as well as around the tatas, and they are in the shape of four-pointed stars. yes, they glow a pale-yellow in the dark, and they're a little self-conscious about it.